Osedax Rouse et al. 2004 (worm)
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Full reference: G. W. Rouse, S. K. Goffredi, and R. C. Vrijenhoek. 2004. Osedax: Bone-eating marine worms with dwarf males. Science 305:668-671
Parent taxon: Siboglinidae according to G. W. Rouse et al. 2004
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Osedax frankpressi Osedax rubiplumus
Type: Osedax rubiplumus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Washington)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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